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Photo of the BU Sustainability Festival. Various open tents and booths are shown set up around Marsh Plaza on Commonwealth Ave. Various students and people congregate and interact at booths featuring giveaways, farmer's markets, and plants.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 21 to 24

April 20, 2022

A screenshot of the Savor App, which allows the reduction of food waste. The app screen says "recommendations" followed by many food options, similar to a menu in a restaurant except virtual

Campus Life

Student Dreams of a Meal Planning App to Avoid Waste

April 20, 2022

Carrie Welter (CAS’23) as Rousseau (from left), Nic Rowe (CAS’23) as Shakespeare, and Bruce Hallgren (CAS’22) as Dido rehearse for a play written by Alexandra Mascarello (CAS’23) that defends humanities studies. Photos by Mohan Ge (COM’22)

Theatre

Our STEM Era Needs the Humanities, Undergrad’s Play Argues

April 20, 2022

Photo of SARP student ambassador Hannah Zobair, a young white woman with long brown hair and wearing a black sweatshirt, holding a large blue stencil to a sidewalk and spraying a can of light blue paint onto it on a sunny day. Three other young women stand behind her with similar stencils as they survey the ground.

“I Will Walk with You”

April 20, 2022

Photo of 2 people walking in the fjords of Iceland. A man and woman face away from the camera in a field of yellow flowers. They face large looming mountains in front of them covered by large low clouds.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Global Programs Annual Photo Contest Captures Moments of Joy

April 20, 2022

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April 20, 2022

Sustainability

Five Ways to Take Action in Honor of Earth Day

April 19, 2022

Photo of a young woman, either a high school or college student with brown hair, wearing a jean jacket, speaking at a wooden podium into a microphone. She gestures with her left hand and appears to be mid-speech.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Overlooked Influence of Speech and Debate Programs

April 19, 2022

Updating curricula to provide the best education is the shared drive of Kathleen Vandenberg (left), a College of General Studies master lecturer in rhetoric, and Pnina Feldman (right), a Questrom School of Business associate professor of operations and technology management. Vandenberg has received the 2022 Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology and Feldman is the winner of this year’s Provost’s Scholar-Teacher Award winner. Photo of Kathleen Vandenberg by Cydney Scott. Photo of Pnina Feldman by Jackie Ricciardi. This photo is a composite of the two pictures side by side

Accolades

BU Scholars Honored with University Teaching Awards

April 19, 2022

BU Today 4-19-2022

April 19, 2022

The red-carpet event, held at the Tsai Performance Center April 15, attracted a sizable, at-times boisterous, crowd. “It’s a lot of fun to do these award shows live, especially if Will Smith isn’t on the guest list,” quipped Bill Braudis, a COM assistant professor of film and television. Here a large crowd is pictured watching short films in a cinema at the 2022 Redstones

Film & TV

Redstone Film Festival: A Triumphant In-Person Return

April 16, 2022

Photo of Angela Onwuachi-Willig, dean of BU Law school (at left), and Tanisha Sullivan, president of the Boston branch of the NAACP (right) is taking photos in a 360 photo booth on the 52nd Annual Conference and Awards Gala on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 1 Silver Way. Onwuachi-Willig wears a black floral dress and extends her hands out in surprise, Sullivan, in pearls, a white dress and leather jacket, smiles, as the photo booth snaps a photo. Another woman is seen behind them.

BU Black Law Students Association Celebration

April 15, 2022

Photo of Warren Liu, a young Asian man, waving tot he camera as he sits at a desk in a cubicle. An open laptop and Apple monitor sit in front of him. A white triangle video play button is overlaid over the image.

Student Life

BU Journeys: Warren Liu (CAS’22, COM’22)

April 15, 2022

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April 15, 2022

Photo of Chen Luo (MFA’22), left, helping associate professor Christopher Sleboda secure Luo’s piece, Radio Exercise, to a wooden frame for the MFA Graphic Design Thesis show April 7 in Stone Gallery. Luo has long brown hair and wears a gray sweatshirt and nike sneakers, Sleboda wears a black sweatshirt, a face mask and kneels opposite Luo. The piece features figures in red, with smaller black figures inside them, surrounded by repeated black text on a yellow background. Other pieces from the exhibition, including a large blue piece with a repeated handbag pattern in pink, are seen behind them.

Graphic Design

Frame/Work/Site: 2022 Graphic Design MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens

April 14, 2022

Boston

Five Terriers Running for a Cause

April 14, 2022

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April 14, 2022

Photo of Heeseung “Chelsea” Han (CFA’23), left, posing with her piece “Back to Me” while her friend Mina Chung (CFA’23) snaps a photo, right foreground, during the during the biannual art exhibit at Sloane House April 11. Han holds a pen and pretends to draw on her piece, which is an image of a person painting a boston skyline painting a boston skyline. The house has ornate, gold and white floral wallpaper. Han is a young, Asian woman with long dark hair and wears a white sweater and jeans.

Spring 2022 Art@ Sloane

April 13, 2022

Photo of senior Hanako Kawasaki (Questrom’22, SHA’22), taken from a distance during a golfing match. Kawasaki stands leaning slightly on her club at the edge of a green, she wears a white long sleeve, red skirt and red hat. In the foreground, a tree branch blurs the right half of the photo.

Varsity Sports

BU Women’s Golf Chasing Another Patriot League Title

April 13, 2022

Composite image. At left, Photo of Mark Grinstaff, a middle-aged white man with glasses who wears a button-down shirt with a gradient, squiggly line pattern that fades from green and blue to red and pink. He smiles as he stands outside with his hands in his pockets. In the middle, Photo of Professor Dana Robert of STH. She is a middle-aged White woman with short salt and pepper hair. She wears a black blazer and blue blouse, and smiles as she sits in a wooden chair, her hands crossed in her lap. Behind her, a large white bookshelf filled with books is seen. At right, Photo of Gary Lawson, School of Law professor of Law. He is a middle-aged white man with glasses and salt and pepper hair. He wears a speckled gray-green tweed suit, pink button down and black tie. He smiles slightly and holds his arm with his hand and learns against a white wall.

Accolades

William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorships Honor Mark Grinstaff, Gary Lawson, and Dana Robert

April 13, 2022

William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorships Honor Mark Grinstaff, Gary Lawson, and Dana Robert